Top Law News SC directs state boards to declare internal assessment results by July 31 June 26, 2021 / June 26, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all the state boards to declare results of internal assessment of Class 12 examination by July 31, making it clear that each board is free to formulate its own evaluation method for students and there can’t be a “fit-all” scheme. The apex court, which said it would not pass […] Read more » declare internal assessment results by July 31 Justice Dinesh Maheshwari Justices A M Khanwilkar
Top Law News SC to hear on May 31 plea seeking cancellation of Class 12 exams amid pandemic May 29, 2021 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court on Friday said it would hear on May 31 a plea seeking directions to cancel Class 12 examinations in the wake of the surge in COVID-19 cases across the country. The matter came up for hearing before a bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari. At the outset, the bench […] Read more » cancellation of Class 12 exams amid pandemic Justice Dinesh Maheshwari Justices A M Khanwilkar
Top Law News Supreme Court rejects plea challenging appointment of Justice Gogoi as next CJI September 26, 2018 / September 26, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by advocate RP Luthra seeking to quash the appointment of Justice Ranjan Gogoi as the next Chief Justice of India. The petitioner advocates, R P Luthra and Satyaveer Sharma had relied on the contents of a press conference called by the top four judges including Justice Gogoi earlier […] Read more » chief justices dipak misra featured Justices A M Khanwilkar justices DY Chandrachud justices Ranjan Gogoi
Top Law News Bhima-Koregaon violence: Supreme Court says it may allow SIT probe if material is ‘cooked up’ September 18, 2018 / September 18, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court said that it may order an investigation a Special Investigation Team in activist arrest case if it is a cooked up story. We may quash the case here if it is a cooked up story. If it calls for our intervention, we will look into it,” said the top court. The court made the statement as it […] Read more » Bhima Koregaon violence chief justices dipak misra featured Justices A M Khanwilkar justices DY Chandrachud
Top Law News Frame scheme for rehabilitation of leprosy patients, SC asks Centre and State September 15, 2018 / September 15, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: Supreme Court issued a slew of directions to end the stigma and discrimination of leprosy patients, expressing serious concern over the discrimination being meted out to leprosy patients, the Supreme Court Friday directed the Centre to consider framing separate rules for granting disability certificates to leprosy patients for availing reservation and various welfare benefits. A […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justices A M Khanwilkar
Top Law News ISRO spy case: SC says arrest of scientist Nambi Narayanan unnecessary, awards Rs 50 lakh compensation September 14, 2018 / September 14, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India held that scientist S Nambi Narayanan was unnecessarily arrested , harassed and subjected to mental cruelty and ordered Rs 50 lakh compensation for the scientist. Narayanan was acquitted by a trial court in 1994. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra awarded Rs 50 lakh compensation to 76-year-old Narayanan. The top court […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured ISRO spy case Justice DK Jain Justices A M Khanwilkar justices DY Chandrachud scientist S Nambi Narayanan
Top Law News J&K Govt Approaches SC in new DGP’s appointment September 8, 2018 / September 8, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Jammu and Kashmir government approached the Supreme Court after violating the Supreme Court guidelines that restricts States from appointing acting and interim police chiefs. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered the submission of the state government that in view of the upcoming panchayat polls […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justices A M Khanwilkar justices D Y Chandrachud Supreme Court
Top Law News UIDAI’s proposal to hire social media agency is against its submissions, says Supreme Court September 8, 2018 / September 8, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court said the proposal of the Unique Identification Authority of India to hire an agency to monitor various social media platforms and monitor such platforms was contrary to its earlier submissions. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud asked Attorney General KK Venugopal to […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justices A M Khanwilkar justices D Y Chandrachud UIDAI
Top Law News Supreme Court asks, all state to appoint senior police officer to stop cow vigilantism September 7, 2018 / September 7, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed all state governments to appoint a senior police officer for each district to effectively deal with incidents of cow vigilantism. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra the chief secretaries and DGPs of states to file status reports on action taken to prevent such cases. The bench, also comprising Justices Amitava […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra cow vigilantism featured Justices A M Khanwilkar Justices Amitava Roy Supreme Court
Top Law News Supreme Court dismissed, plea seeking ban the on the book ‘Meesha’said Craftsmanship of writer deserves to be respected September 6, 2018 / September 6, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: A SC Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra expounded that,”Craftsmanship of a writer deserves to be respected, seeking to ban the book ‘Meesha’ for allegedly depicting Hindu women visiting temples in derogatory light, saying the Top court said craftsmanship of a writer deserves to be respected”. The bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar […] Read more » book 'Meesha' Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justices A M Khanwilkar justices D Y Chandrachud
Top Law News SC to hear plea against Sharia courts September 2, 2018 / September 2, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment New Delhi: The Supreme Court has considered a fresh plea of a Muslim woman seeking to declare as unconstitutional the setting up of Sharia courts to decide marriage, divorce and other cases. The apex court, which had last year banned the age-old practice of instant ‘triple talaq’ among Sunni Muslims, had on March 26 decided […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justices A M Khanwilkar justices DY Chandrachud Sharia courts Supreme Court
High Profile Cases Top Law News SC rejects plea for minimum punishment, of two years for electoral offences August 28, 2018 / August 31, 2018 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment NEW DELHI: A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra refused to entertain plea that sought a minimum punishment of two years for electoral offences by candidates and political parties. The bench refused to entertain a PIL filed by advocate that sought to make electoral offences cognisable. Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay that sought to make electoral offences […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra featured Justices A M Khanwilkar justices D Y Chandrachud Supreme Court
